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We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk about gardening. We also share plants, seeds and cuttings, and learn from horticultural guest presenters. Most of our meetings are free and open to the public--please join us!

Our next meeting will be September 21st at the Center for Spiritual Living, 14 Hillary Lane, right here in Chico. We will have social time from 11:30-12:00, our Speaker from 12:00-1:00 p.m., then our Business Meeting from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Stay for whichever portion you'd like. Our September presenter will be Erin Henderson from Full Circle Florals, a local flower farm (click here for their website).

A nice variegated-leaf geranium in a member's garden. Botanically, geraniums are known as Pelargonium, and they thrive in Chico in full or partial sun, with average water. Easy to propagate from stem cuttings rooted directly in soil outdoors in the shade.

September's Photo:

September gardening activities

• Plant purchased or home-grown seedlings of autumn vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard, kale, and lettuce.

• Plant garlic

• Plant seeds of biennials outdoors to have small plants by autumn that will flower next year (forget-me-nots, evening primroses (Oenothera), foxgloves, hollyhocks, Canterbury bells, lunaria, etc)

• Direct-seed carrots, leaf lettuce, onions, spinach, beets, and turnips in the garden

• Take stem cuttings of geraniums and root in potting mix outdoors. Do extras to donate to our club's annual plant sale in April

• Scatter seeds of California poppies, clarkia, and African daisies around the garden. They'll sprout in late autumn/early winter and will flower next spring

• Plant potatoes

• Dig up and divide clumps of bearded iris, daylilies, and peonies if you wish to make more of them.

• Fertilize camellias with a fertilizer for acid-loving plants (azaleas, camelias, gardenias, etc). This will get them in good shape to flower this winter and grow next spring.

• Fertilize summer annuals and vegetables

• Once you've harvested the berries, cut back the canes that bore fruit on your berry plants. They're done bearing and its good to make room for this year's growth.

• Order spring bulbs to plant in October/November for spring flowers 🌷